Steve Hamm

Recent Articles by Steve Hamm

December 6, 2009

ResearchGATE and Its Savvy Use of the Web

When Dr. Kelvin Leshabari was studying in 2008 for his medical degree in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, he felt isolated from medical researchers in the rest of the world. ...

November 24, 2009

Obama's Big Gov SWAT Team

The Obama Administration's huge ramp-up in spending has given rise to a national debate over the size and role of government. It has provoked fears the country will be...

November 18, 2009

The King of the Cloud

Behind the CloudBy Marc Benioff and Carlye AdlerJosey-Bass; 278 pp.; $27.95 In the annals of technology, the latest phenomenon to get the attention of the industry's ...

November 11, 2009

A Work-Study Program for U.S. Tech Students

Many within techdom complain about U.S. companies that use cheap, offshore labor or guest foreign workers in place of domestic employees. Few are doing much about it. ...

November 11, 2009

Charles Wang's Messy Second Act

New York entrepreneur Charles B. Wang, who made his mark in software, is busy reinventing himself as a real estate tycoon. He's pushing a mammoth $3.8 billion ...

November 2, 2009

Dubuque, Iowa: The First American 'Smart City'?

When IBM (IBM) announced last January that it planned on locating an IT services center that would eventually employ 1,300 people in Dubuque, Iowa, it was great news ...

October 22, 2009

What's Holding Back Tech

When mobile-phone giant Nokia (NOK) reported a surprising third-quarter loss of $832 million Oct. 15, it placed some of the blame on shortages of handset components. ...

October 1, 2009

America's High-Tech Sweatshops

Vimal Patel was studying for a master's in business administration in London when he saw an advertisement for work in the U.S. The ad offered a job in the tech ...

September 17, 2009

UPMC: The New Steel in Pittsburgh

When leaders of the world's powerful nations gather in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24 for the G-20 meetings, they'll doubtless spot the 20-foot-tall letters on top of the ...

September 15, 2009

Supplying the Brains for Electric Cars

Shai Agassi and his Better Place startup may have a long way to go before realizing their vision of a future where electric vehicles are in vogue. But they came a step...